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India's Saina Nehwal went down to world champion Wang Yihan in the women's singles semi-finals of the London Olympics badminton event here Friday.
Saina, the first Indian shuttler to reach the Olympics semi-finals, lost 13-21, 13-21 at the Wembley Arena.
The fourth seed will now play for the bronze medal Saturday against the other losing semi-finalist.
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